Aaron Dinin, PhD Oct 12, 2026 Note to Readers: Social entrepreneurs can't afford to waste time. Planning and launching require focusing on essentials. This article can help you focus. N.B. Lightly edited for length “I had a couple entrepreneurs come to my office hours to ask my advice about their startup’s mission statement. ….and thought I could be a good tiebreaker. But rather than break the tie, I did something that was probably a bit more… let’s call it “unexpected.” I la

WHAT “Circular Economy (CE) is widely recognized as the new economic model aiming to maintain the value of materials, parts, and products as long as possible, minimize the extraction and use of virgin resources and waste generation using design strategies that slow the flow of resources, close loops between production and post-use, and increase resource efficiency.” WHY It can be used to Operationalize or Build out one or more of the Four Dimensions of a Social Enterprise CE

Mary Beth Hazeldine Note to Readers: Social Entrepreneurs will make presentations to their Board, Investors, colleagues to obtain money, collaboration, approval for action. This article offers some clear advice on how to win approval. N.B. Lightly edited for length. “A VP of Supply Chain reaches his final slide — a warehouse-consolidation business case, forty minutes of numbers behind him — and it reads exactly two words: “Any Questions?” He waits. The capital committee’s cha

How to think like a strategic genius (a study of 82,000 cases confirms it). Álvaro García | Mental Garden 9/15/26 Note to Readers: To improve or solve a social problem the Social Entrepreneur needs to develop a strategy. Below are helpful suggestions for thinking though developing a strategy. Tip: Module 8 of the Practitioner Guide has additional information on developing a strategy. N.B. Article has been edited for length. “I want to show you a model with decades of evidence

June 3, 2026 Jennifer Splansky Juster Note To Readers: The Collaborative Impact Forum is a terrific resource for Social Entrepreneurs (SEs). Every SE will, at some point, utilize collaboration to build their positive impact on a social problem. Every collaboration is likely to undergo leadership transitions The following article provides helpful suggestions on how to manage these transitions. “Question: “We keep having so much leadership transition at key partner organizatio

Jano Le Roux Feb 4, 2026 Note to Readers: Testing your product/solution to a social problem with a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to assess real-world demand from end users/customers is an essential part of your product/solution development. The author describes how he uses aicofounder to stress test products before committing to market. Caveat: I have no experience with aicofounder. TIP: Review Module 6 in the Practitioner Guide for various experts’ advice on planning a start

Jared Blaine, Feb 17 2026 Note to Readers: A successful social enterprise that solves social problems and is financially viable requires tracking its performance with actionable metrics. NB The following article was lightly edited for length “We live in an era obsessed with data. We measure everything, from our steps to our sleep to our server response times. But in the rush to quantify success, we’ve fallen into a trap. We’ve started confusing the map with the territory. The